Harpur Jazz Ensemble

Join the Harpur Jazz Ensemble on Thursday, April 18th at 1:20pm in the Anderson Center Osterhout Concert Theater.

Trombonist Melissa Gardiner has performed with several legendary musicians including Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, Geri Allen, Wycliffe Gordon, Arturo O'Farrill's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Dave Matthews Band, and Vulfpeck. As a bandleader, she has released three albums, Transitions (2011), Second Line Syracuse (2016), and Empowered (2019) which features prominent jazz women Tia Fuller (Beyonce) and Ingrid Jensen. Gardiner has won several awards as a bandleader including two Syracuse Area Music Awards (SAMMYS) for Best Jazz Album, and grand prize winner at the International Jazz Competition in Bucharest, Romania (2018). In addition to an active performance career, Gardiner has teaching credentials at Syracuse University, Le Moyne College and Cornell University and has been recognized as an outstanding educator in the Liverpool High School Fine Arts Hall of Fame (2018) and the SAMMYS Hall of Fame (2019). Gardiner received her BFA from The University of Michigan and MM from The Juilliard School. She is a BAC artist and plays a BAC Custom Trombone. www.melissamaymusic.com

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